You don't have to trick me into saying my little sister is cute and adorable.
[He returns the image she shared to start, but with a soft glow shopped over it, and animated sparkles to boot.]
I won't suggest it with any seriousness. Call it a thought exercise.
I don't know if pretending helps. God knows I don't bother to pretend happiness. It might be nice to practice, but I think it would be better to learn what real happiness is. I do know how difficult that is.
[For both of them, in their own ways. And for her in very particular. As a half-flippant afterthought:]
no subject
[He returns the image she shared to start, but with a soft glow shopped over it, and animated sparkles to boot.]
I won't suggest it with any seriousness. Call it a thought exercise.
I don't know if pretending helps. God knows I don't bother to pretend happiness. It might be nice to practice, but I think it would be better to learn what real happiness is.
I do know how difficult that is.
[For both of them, in their own ways. And for her in very particular. As a half-flippant afterthought:]
Performative emotions are exhausting.